Hasp-fastener.



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1,087,763. Patented Feb. 1'?, 1914.

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Fi FrlflFihl FRED T. HARRIGAN. F FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

HASP-FASTENER.

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To all wlmi/t it may concern Be it known that l, Flinn T. l-Linnroiin, acitizen of the United States, residingat Tui-ners Falls. in the countyof Franklin and State of lillassachusetts` have invented new and usefullinprovenients in lclasp- Fasteners, of which the following is aspecilication.

lThis invention is an improved hasp tastener for use on doors which are`tastened by means ot padlocks, the object oit the invention being toprovide an improved hasp fastener in which the heads oit the securing`screws are covered so that surreptitious re- .ino tal of the hasp or ofthe staple plate is prevented and hence a door provided with my improvedhasp fastener eannotbe opened without leaving` evidence ot' such fact,the invention consisting` in the construction, combination andarrangement ot devices hereinafter described and claimed,

ln the accompanying` drawings: Figure l is a front elevation of myimproved hasp fastener showing the hasp engaged with a staple and readyfor the insertion ot the shackle oi. the lock in the staple, the lockwith its shackle beingindicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailelevation of the attaching plate of the hasp Fig. a is a detail verticaltransverse view taken on the plane indicated by the line @ha of Fig. l.Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of the staple plate and its staple.

ln accordance with my invention l provide an attaching plate l whichcorresponds in size and shape with the lined member 2 oit the hasp andis here shown as of oblong rectangular form provided with a centralopening 3 and also with securing screw receiving openings a near itscorners. At the lower inner corner the said attaching plate is providedwith an outstanding` horizontally arranged flange 5. rihis attachingplate is in practice secured by means ot screws in the openings fl to ajamb or wall at one side ot a door opening, as indicated in Figs. l and2. The staple plate 6 is also secured by screws or the like to the door,at a suitable point, and is provided in its corners with openings 7 torthe reception et the securing screws, the staple being; indicated at 8and being here shown as arranged across the center of the staple plate.

The hasp comprises, in addition to the fixed plate 2, a member 9 whichis hinged Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 22, '1913.

Patented Feb. Tilt', Mii 4t.

Serial No. 780.5(58.

as at l0 to one end et the plati 2 or tif-:ed member, and the saidhinged or pivoted member 9 which is adapted to coact with the stapleplate and staple has an opening,` ll to clear the staple and permit thelatter te project through said openingwhen the hasp member 9 is closedagainst the outer side of the staple plate.

The xed member 2 of the hasp, after the attachingl plate has beensecured to the wall or janib placed on the outer side ot said attachingplate. so as to cover the saine and to bear on the iiange 5 and is thenpermanently and pivotally secured to the attaching` plate by means oit arivet l2 which is arranged and headed in the central opening 3 of theattaching plate, and in a similar openingl 13 with which the said fixedplate or nieinher oi the hasp is provided lt will be observed andunderstood that when the plate 2 has been thus secured to theattachingzg` plate it serves to cover and conceal the attaching plateand to cover and bear on the heads et the securing screws so as toprevent the securing screws trom being' removed excepting by firsteither bending the fixed covering plate 2 out of the way or elsedrawing` the rivet., either of which operations will so mar and injurethe plate 2 as to clearly betray the tact that the hasp has beentampered with.

rlhe pivoted member 9 ot' the hasp corre* sponds in size and shape withthe staple plate 6 and when it is closed over said staple plate and theopening ll is engaged by the staple, the said hasp member 9 completelycovers the staple plate and the heads of the screws in the opening; 7and hence prevents the screws from being` removed and the staple platefrom being; detached while the hasp is secured to the staple plate by apadlock. l3nt when the hasp is turned on the pivot rivet l2 so that theplate 2 is at right angles to plate l the screw heads are uncovered.Hence installation and removal of the hasp when desired are facilitated.rlhe flange 5 by engaging,` the end of the plate normally holds the haspin horizontal operative position.

My improved. hasp is adapted to loe used on -freight car doors and alsoon the doors ot other structures and etliectually prevents surreptitiousopening` of such door.

l claim:

The herein described hasp comprising a relatively fixed member and amovable member pivotally connected thereto, said movable member having astaple receiving slot, in combination with an attaching plate and estaple plate, said plates having screw openings and respectivelycorresponding in size and shape with the xed and movable members of thehesp and being adapted to be covered thereby, the attaching plate beingcalso provided with a flange at its lower side to engage one side of thefixed member of the hasp, and e pivot element arranged centrally of thefixed member and Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

